GM is met by LIttle Miss and her TA as always. She can tell it hasn’t been a good day by the look of defeat and depression on the face of the dedicated and loving TA.

“It hasn’t been a good day” she confirms as they meet. “Little Miss has hit a number of children today, she has threatened to hit a number of members of staff and has been swearing and aggressive. I have worked hard with her to calm down but every time she has seemed calm she has immediately started again the moment I have let her move away from me.”

GM listens and nods and has nothing to suggest. Everyone knows that this is no longer the tight setting for Little Miss. She is not coping and the school are also struggling to cope. The review meeting to amend her statement had been planned for the end of September months ago.

As GM leaves the school ground another teacher runs up to them, calling. The head teacher would like to have a word. GM and the girls return to the school and go to see the head in her office. She repeats the litany of awfulness and says that she is confident that they will be receiving complaints from parents tomorrow. She tells GM that they will have to undertake a new risk assessment and it is looking like Little Miss is going to have to move to more intensive 121, maybe even solely 121, in order to ensure the safety of other children.

GM is due back in school for a governors meeting the following day and has agreed to meet with the head before the meeting.